Former Joint Committees of Congress

List of Former Joint Committees of Congress

Committee	Established	Terminated	Notes
Alcohol in the Arts (Select)	June 3, 1896	December 17, 1897	[None]
Amending the Constitution on Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections	January 30, 1854	August 7, 1854	[None]
American Shipbuilding (Select)	August 7, 1882	December 15, 1882	[None]
Armor Plant Costs (Special)	June 30, 1914	February 24, 1915	[None]
Atomic Energy	August 1, 1946	September 30, 1977	Preceded by the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy.
United States Congress Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial	September 5, 1975	October 1, 1976	[None]
Aviation Policy Board	July 30, 1947	December 31, 1948	[National Archives]
Banking and Currency	March 4, 1923	March 3, 1925	[None]
Budget Control	December 7, 1880	August 8, 1882	[None]
Centennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone, Celebrate the	August 17, 1893	August 28, 1894	[None]
Centennial of the Telegraph, Commemorate the	1943	1945	78th Congress.
Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate	June 11, 1896	March 28, 1898	[None]
United States Congress Joint Committee on Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Dedication of	February 9, 1895	March 26, 1896	[None]
Chinese Immigration, Investigate	July 17, 1876	February 27, 1877	[None]
Civil Service Retirement Act	1925	1927	69th Congress.
Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Inquire into the	April 10, 1871	February 19, 1872	Investigation of the Ku Klux Klan.
Condition of the States which Formed the So-Called Confederate States, Inquire into the	December 13, 1865	June 8, 1866	American Civil War. [National Archives Link]
Conditions in Alaska, Investigation of	March 4, 1911	April 4, 1911	[None]
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)	March 3, 1865	January 28, 1967	[None]
Conduct of the War	December 10, 1861	June 20, 1865	American Civil War. [National Archives Link]
Congressional Operations	October 26, 1970	February 11, 1977	Functions transferred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Congressional Salaries, Investigate	March 4, 1923	May 1, 1924	[None]
Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian	June 28, 1955	September 15, 1965	[None]
Control of Aircraft for Seacoast Defense, Investigate	March 4, 1929	March 3, 1931	[None]
Defense Production	September 8, 1950	February 11, 1977	[None]
Deficit Reduction (Select)	August 2, 2011	November 21, 2011	[None]
Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners	March 2, 1923	December 3, 1923	[None]
Dirigible Disasters, Investigate	April 20, 1933	June 14, 1933	[None]
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers	February 16, 1889	July 7, 1943	Renamed the Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers.
Joint Committee on Disposition of Executive Papers	July 7, 1943	June 23, 1970	[None]
District of Columbia, to Inquire into the Affairs of the	February 5, 1874	June 16, 1874	[None]
District of Columbia Public Parks	June 30, 1906	January 15, 1907	[None]
Economic Report	February 20, 1946	June 18, 1956	Renamed the Joint Economic Committee.
Enrolled Bills	July 27, 1789	August 14, 1876	Divided into the House Committee on Enrolled Bills and the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly	August 19, 1940	October 27, 1941	[None]
Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1915)	March 3, 1915	January 6, 1916	[None]
Fiscal Relations between the District of Columbia and the United States (1922)	June 29, 1922	February 24, 1923	[None]
Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads	August 24, 1912	November 25, 1914	[None]
Federal Reserve System	March 4, 1923	March 3, 1925	[None]
Ford’s Theater Disaster	August 18, 1894	February 25, 1897	Preceded by the Senate Select Committee on the Ford Theater Disaster.
Foreign Economic Cooperation	April 3, 1948	March 3, 1950	[None]
Forestry	June 14, 1938	March 23, 1941	[None]
General Parcel Post, to Investigate	August 24, 1912	February 12, 1915	[None]
Government for the District of Columbia, to Frame a Form of	August 14, 1876	January 11, 1877	[None]
Government Organization	February 3, 1937	August 21, 1937	[None]
Harriman Geographic Code System	March 4, 1927	February 7, 1929	[None]
Hawaii	August 21, 1937	February 15, 1938	[None]
Housing	July 25, 1947	March 15, 1948	[None]
High Cost of Living	1919	1921	66th Congress.
Immigration and Nationality Policy	June 27, 1952	October 26, 1970	[None]
Inaugurating Washington’s Statue, Making Arrangement for	February 16, 1860	February 25, 1860	[None]
Inaugural Ceremonies	see note		Convened every four years after the quadrennial presidential election. [Senate Link]
Interior Department and Forestry Service, to Investigate the	January 19, 1910	March 4, 1911	[None]
Internal Revenue Taxation	February 26, 1926	October 4, 1976	Renamed the Joint Committee on Taxation
Interstate Commerce	July 20, 1916	March 3, 1919	[None]
Interstate and Foreign Commerce	July 20, 1916	March 3, 1919	[None]
Labor Management Relations	June 23, 1947	April 11, 1949	[None]
Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1832)	May 22, 1832	February 14, 1833	Preceded by the Joint Committee to Prepare a Code of Laws for the District of Columbia (1828)
Code of Laws for the District of Columbia, to Prepare a(1828)	February 5, 1828	February 12, 1828	[None]
Legislative Budget	January 2, 1947	January 3, 1971	[None]
Muscle Shoals	March 13, 1926	June 21, 1926	[None]
Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration	April 19, 1950	January 6, 1973	[None]
Naval Affairs	January 12, 1894	August 28, 1894	[None]
Naval Personnel	January 12, 1894	March 3, 1895	[None]
Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Investigation of	June 5, 1924	April 19, 1929	[None]
Ordnance (Select)	March 30, 1867	February 25, 1869	[None]
Organization of Congress (1946)	December 15, 1944	May 31, 1946	Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
Organization of Congress (1965)	March 9, 1965	June 28, 1966	Adoption of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Organization of Congress (1991)	August 6, 1992	November 23, 1993
Pacific Coast Naval Bases	June 4, 1920	December 31, 1920	[None]
Pacific Islands, to Study	June 18, 1948	December 31, 1948	[None]
Pearl Harbor Attack, Investigation of the	September 11, 1945	July 16, 1946	[None]
Phosphate Resource of the United States, to Investigate	June 16, 1938	January 16, 1941	[None]
Police and Preservation of the Capital	December 12, 1825	December 23, 1825	[None]
Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail	August 24, 1912	March 3, 1915	[None]
Postal Salaries	February 28, 1919	March 3, 1921	[None]
Postal Service	April 24, 1920	February 8, 1924	[None]
Railroad Retirement Legislation	October 18, 1951	January 9, 1953	[None]
Safety of Roofs over Senate and House Wings of the Capitol, Investigate	January 13, 1821	February 6, 1821	[None]
Readjustment of Service Pay (Special)	February 16, 1922	March 22, 1922	[None]
Reclassification of Salaries	March 1, 1919	March 12, 1920	[None]
Reconstruction	December 12, 1865	March 3, 1867	Succeeded by the House Select Committee on Reconstruction
Revision of the Laws	March 2, 1907	March 15, 1910	Separate from House and Senate committees of the same name
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures	September 20, 1941	July 12, 1974	[None]
Reorganization	December 29, 1920	June 3, 1924	[None]
Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government	December 29, 1920	June 3, 1924	[None]
Reorganization of the Army	June 18, 1878	December 12, 1878	[None]
Reorganize the Civil Service in the Departments	February 1, 1869	March 3, 1869	[None]
Repairs and Furnishings of the Executive Mansion, to Examine the Accounts for	March 11, 1867	November 10, 1868	[None]
Retrenchment	July 19, 1866	March 3, 1871	[None]
Revise and Equalize the Pay of the Employees of Each House	March 6, 1867	March 3, 1869	[None]
Rural Credits	March 4, 1915	January 4, 1916	64th Congress.
Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House, to Investigate the	February 28, 1929	June 14, 1929	[None]
San Francisco Disaster	January 16, 1854	February 16, 1854	[None]
Scientific Bureaus	July 7, 1884	June 8, 1886	[None]
Second Class Mail Matter	June 26, 1906	January 28, 1907	[None]
Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service	August 24, 1912	December 8, 1914	[None]
Selective Service Deferments	April 8, 1943	March 31, 1947	[None]
Senate Chamber and Hall of the House of Representatives	May 10, 1864	February 20, 1865	[None]
Smithsonian Bequest	February 19, 1844	August 10, 1846	[None]
State, War and Navy Department Building	August 5, 1882	March 3, 1883	[None]
System of Shortime Rural Credits, to Investigate	May 31, 1920	June 30, 1922	[None]
Tax Evasion and Avoidance	June 11, 1937	August 5, 1937	75th Congress
Temporary National Economic Committee	June 16, 1938	April 3, 1941	The TNEC was established by a joint resolution of Congress (52 Stat. 705) to study monopolies and concentration of economic power.
Tennessee Valley Authority	April 5, 1938	April 1, 1939	[None]
Transfer of the Indian Bureau	June 18, 1878	January 31, 1879	[None]
Veterans’ Affairs	June 30, 1932	May 26, 1933	Restored as House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in 1947 and Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in 1970.
Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems	August 29, 1957	August 23, 1960	[None]
Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, to Investigate Work on the	October 9, 1888	February 26, 1889

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